Liquid-conveyer



(No Model.)

G. REICH. LIQUID4 GONVBYBR.

Patented Mame, 1896.

ANDREW BASFMHAM. FHGTOU'HQWASNINGON. D C,

Nirn rn'rns ATENT Orrifcn.

GEORGE REICH, OF AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK.

LIQUIDBCONVEYER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,025, dated March10, 189.6.

Application filed September 14,1895. Serial No. 562,537. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE REICH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Amsterdam, in the county of Montgomery and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLiquid-Conveyers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

Reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification,Figure lis a side elevation of the track and carrier. Fig. 2 is a sideView of carrier. Fig. 3 is a transverse section at line l in Fig. 2.Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical section at line 2 in Fig. 3.

The object of my invention is to automatically convey liquids in openvessels or glasses from one point to another in a room or store withoutdanger of spilling; and it consists in means for elevating carriers toone or more inclined tracks and discharging said carriers from theelevating device upon a track eX- tending from one part of a room orstore to another; also, in means for gradually retarding the velocityand eventually arresting the momentum of the carriers in the vicinity ofthe terminus of the track; also, in means for preventing lateral sway ofthe frame of carriers while moving on the track.

Referring to the drawings, in Fig. l O is the ceiling of a room. D arehangers secured to the ceiling O. A is an inclined rail or trackconnecting by means of a hinge H at each eX- tremity with a curvedsection of bar or rail similar in form and dimensions to said rail A,but curved with concavity of curvature upward, the whole, when curvedsections A and A2 are elevated, forming one continuous track upon whicha movable carriage B is adapted to move. Said rail A is supported atsuitable intervals by brackets or hangers D.

A series of springs s s, secured to the sides of terminal-section railA2, project therefrom and are adapted to impinge against friction orsteadying rollers r r attached to the carriageframe h b', and moreclearly shown in enlarged vertical section, Fig. 1l.

Only one line of track A is shown in Fig. l, the elevated portion or endof which is in dicated as suspended at a point over a counter in a roomand leading downward thence to the' farther extremity of an adjoiningroom. A second line of rail A is, as shown, led through the rooms,inclining downward toward the counter, and is adapted to return thecarriage B to said counter.

The terminus-section A2 of track A is curved upward for the purpose ofeffectually arresting the velocity of a loaded carriage B should themomentum be such as not to be overcome by the impingement of the springss s.

In Fig. 2 is shown an enlarged side view of a section of the track orrail A2 provided with its springs s s and the carriage B resting uponthe rail A2.

I construct the frame b b of the carriage B substantially of the formshown in Figs. 2 and 3, wherein b and b are the hangers supporting atray f, to which they are securely attached. The hangers h and b areformed or cast of metal and provided with bosses b2, adapted to receivepins d, upon which the pulleys or rollers a freely revolve.

The hangers b and h have offsets at c, which are provided with lugs c',to which friction or steadying rollers 9' are pinned. (See Figs. 2, 3and ll.)

A handle h is secured to the upper curved portion of the hangers Z9 andserves as .a part of the frame of the carriage B.

The tray f is made of wood or metal, or a combination of both, and isprovided With compartments e, adapted to receive and hold various-sizedvessels g, in which the liquids are carried.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The carriage B, afterreceiving its load, is put in place upon the movable section A', whichis shown in a depressed position by the dotted lines in Fig. l. By meansof apulley attached to ceiling O and a chain or cord E passing over thepulley and fastened to the free extremity of section A' said section Ais then elevated and the carriage B discharged therefrom onto the maintrack A, over which it travels by its specific gravity. Upon arriving atthe section A2 the lateral bearing rollers yr of the carriage B impingeagainst the IOO springs s against the rollers r partially re-y tards thevelocity of the moving carriage, and its movement is graduallydiminished as the .different series of springs are met, depressed andpassed over. Should the velocity of the carriage B be so great as not tobe arrested in its course over the entire series of springs r, theupward curved section A2 will impede its movement without sudden jar andreturn the carriage B to the lowest curvature in the track. The eXtremeend of curved section A2 is shown in Fig. l as resting on a bracket D;but it may be constructed so as to be easily detached from the bracket Dto permit of depression, as shown at A.

This invention is especially designed to convey beer or other fluidsserved as drinks from a bar or counter to guests or patrons on thepremises.

Having described my invention7 what l claim as new, and desire tosecureby Letters Patent, isi The combination with the carrier B providedwith friction-rollers, of the rail or track A, hangers D supporting saidrail or track, one end of the rail or track being slightly elevatedabove the opposite end and provided at the high end with the movablesection A hinged to the main portion of the track, a cord E for raisingand lowering section A', the track being provided at its low end with asection A2, said section A2 being provided with springs s s againstwhich the frictionrollers on the carrier bear when the carrier runs ontosaid section, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE REICH. lVitnesses:

JOHN FEA, W. DAviDsoN JONES.

